And also fucking 16 wheelers. Romans did not drive 80 ton (made up number. I don’t know how heavy big trucks are. But I’m Shure they are lighter than ancient wagons. To be honest I just hate cars and I want to use a scientific discussion to push my personal political view.) vehicles.
Comment on We Finally Know How Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Every year we seem to get an article about how we’ve finally discovered how Romans had really good concrete, as if we’ve not already known for ages.
JayObey711@lemmy.world 1 year ago
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Did you learn your usage of parentheticals from David Foster Wallace?
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Still better than learning from LISP :)
Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 year ago
Thousands of years, to be exact.
player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
This plus extreme selection bias. There’s plenty of concrete that did not last for thousands of years.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 1 year ago
"They don't make it like they used to. See that tube radio over there? It's 75 years old and still working! A rare find!"
jj4211@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But in their defense, not a single thing on Earth made in the last decade has lasted 75 years. Check mate.